OnBoard: Newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists

OnBoard is the educational newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, published each January, May, and September by BCG. It is complimentary to all BCG-certified persons and all preliminary applicants.

Subscriptions are available at $15 per year and back issues can be purchased. If you would like to purchase individual issues, please contact the BCG office.

Contents

• Offers advice and instructions on the practice of genealogy.
• Provides a forum to voice concerns.
• Shares news of Board activities and policy changes.
• Discusses projects on which colleagues are working.
• Brings current news in the world-at-large that affects researchers, writers, teachers, librarians, and home-based professionals.

Sample Articles

• OnBoard, "Have Checkbook — Am A Professional" (September 1996)
• OnBoard, "Application Strategies — Organizing Your Materials" (May 1997)
• OnBoard, "Evidence Revisited — DNA, POE and GPS" (January 1998)
• OnBoard, "Reporting Standards: Client Research v. Personal Research" (May 1998)
• OnBoard, "Citation Placement" (May 2000)
• OnBoard, "Citations on the Source" (May 2000)
• OnBoard, "BCG History" (January 2001)

Selected Skillbuilding articles

• "Analyzing Deeds for Useful Clues" (January 1995)
  
• "Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues" (May 1995)
  
• "Citing Your Sources" (September 1995)
  
• "Transcribing Source Materials" (January 1996)
  
• "Analyzing City Directories" (May 1996)
  
• "Producing Quality Research Notes" (January 1997)
  
• "Analyzing and Reviewing Published Sources" (May 1997)
  
• "Good Genealogical Writing" (May 1998)
  
• "Polishing Our Everyday Writing" (September 1998)

In January 1995 BCG launched its educational newsletter, OnBoard, which has been popularly hailed as "the best continuing education available for serious genealogists."

Since OnBoard's creation, one regular feature has generated numerous requests for reprints — the "Skillbuilding" column that closes out each issue. As a public service, BCG is pleased to make back columns from this series available to all who visit our web site. A listing of the Table of Contents for each issue is also available.

Do feel free to download this material for your personal study.

If you are an educator, we do not mind your duplicating the columns for your students — so long as BCG, OnBoard, and the appropriate authors are credited as sources for the material. But please do not republish the columns elsewhere.

OnBoard is edited by Gladys Friedman Paulin, CG and now mailed to over 1,000 certified associates, preliminary applicants, and subscribers. Issue dates are January, May, and September. Subscriptions, at $15 per year, are available by contacting the Executive Office or ordering online.